Dovecot auth: inet socket. Bug 2280

2 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
index e21446533..8ae95a7fb 100644
--- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ Version 4.94
  7. Named-list definitions can now be prefixed "hide" so that "-bP" commands do
     not output the content.  Previously this could only be done on options.
 
+ 8. As an exerimental feature, the dovecot authenticatino driver supports inet
+    sockets.  Previously it was unix-domain sockets only.
+
 
 Version 4.93
 ------------
diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt b/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt
index 2569ad3af..6e47b95c2 100644
--- a/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt
@@ -808,6 +808,36 @@ Issues:
    hosts_require_ocsp will fail
 
 
+
+Dovecot authenticator via inet socket
+------------------------------------
+If Dovecot is configured similar to :-
+
+service auth {
+...
+#SASL
+  inet_listener {
+    name = exim
+    port = 12345
+    ssl = yes
+  }
+...
+}
+
+then an Exim authenticator can be configured :-
+
+  dovecot-plain:
+    driver =		dovecot
+    public_name =	PLAIN
+    server_socket =	dovecot_server_name 12345
+    server_tls =	true
+    server_set_id =	$auth1
+
+If the server_socket does not start with a / it is taken as a hostname (or IP);
+and a whitespace-separated port number must be given.
+
+
+
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